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Fig. 3

From: Using the distance between sets of hierarchical taxonomic clinical concepts to measure patient similarity

Fig. 3

Variation of the distance between long HLOS and short HLOS subpopulation prototypes (y-axis) generated by different code-level similarity formula with respect to the size of the subpopulation prototype(x-axis). A longer distance indicates that prototypes can be separated more distinctly. a The comparison results of the younger population (age ≤ 50 years). b The comparison results of the elder population (age ≥ 50 years)

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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